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Chapter 1277: Shooting Oneself in the Foot (First Update, Please Subscribe)
What is shooting oneself in the foot?
That's it now!
The vehicle in the photo is extremely familiar. Late last year, reports of the export of this off-road truck alarmed the Kremlin, as some people worried about its military use.

However, under the Kremlin's command, the Soviet Union still exported 500 MAZ543 trucks to Southeast Asia.

Now, it is not only used in the military, but is even used as a missile launcher.

This is really shooting oneself in the foot!

As he flipped through the photos in his hands, Khrushchev's expression became more and more solemn.

At this time, Shelepin continued to report:

"At present, Foton Motor Company in Nanyang has started to produce the same model of car based on the introduction of our technology. They have replaced it with a more powerful engine, installed air conditioning, and made corresponding improvements to make it adapt to the climate of Nanyang."

Listening to Shelepin's introduction, Khrushchev said:
"It seems that this is really a mistake!"

Despite his mixed feelings, Khrushchev still defended himself:

"At the time, I really didn't think they would install missiles on it. After all, the load and size of this truck are limited. Our similar missiles have a range of only about 1000 kilometers. How far can theirs go?"

"According to the intelligence we have so far, its range could be more than 2500 kilometers. It is the same type of missile used on the Guardian-class missile submarines. If deployed in the Middle East, it could pose a threat to our Caucasus and parts of Central Asia."

Shelepin answered, silencing Khrushchev. He slowly stood up from the table and paced around the office. He stood in front of the window, staring out, and after a long while, he said:
"Sometimes, we have to face some realities - when we exchange technology with them, we can gain some benefits, but the technology we pay for will also bring us some threats. This is inevitable in technology exchanges!"

After turning around, Khrushchev looked at Shelepin, took a few puffs of his cigarette, then sat down at the table, put out the remaining cigarette butt in the ashtray, nodded his head at another file, and asked:

"But this is secondary. Our competition with capitalist countries will not change because of a truck. How do you explain this to me?"

"The French have suffered an unprecedented defeat in Algeria. They have allowed it to vote on independence. This is only the first step in the disintegration of the French colonial empire. Next, they will lose all their colonies!"

When saying "all", Shelepin deliberately emphasized his tone, as if to remind Khrushchev that the Soviet Union's opportunity had come.

Khrushchev nodded and said:
"This shows that our approach is correct. Since the Algerians launched the uprising, we have provided them with a large amount of weapons and support. Even if the French sent troops, what would happen? Failure!"

Slightly emphasizing his tone, Khrushchev said:

"The defeat of France is inevitable, and not only of France, but of the British colonies in Africa, where we have now not only established ourselves in Ethiopia, but have also cultivated millions of hectares of farms, using the best seeds..."

When referring to the "best seeds", Khrushchev emphasized:

"This is achieved through cooperation with Nanyang. Seed companies in Europe and the United States are not willing to provide us with high-quality corn seeds, but Nanyang is willing to provide improved varieties. Their corn varieties not only have high yields, but are also suitable for the local environment in Africa. After all, they were specially cultivated by their seed company for Africa."

This is indeed true. Since Li Yian acquired seed companies in the UK and the US more than ten years ago, Nanyang has begun to lay out its layout in the seed industry. As Africa is the most important grain producing area in Nanyang, it is natural to have targeted breeding of good varieties.

After years of cultivation, the average per-acre yield of corn in Nanyang’s plantations in Africa has exceeded 300 kilograms, 25% higher than the Soviet seed yield. For this reason, the Soviet Union introduced Nanyang’s corn seeds to its farms in Ethiopia.

"This year, Ethiopia will export 270 million tons of corn to the Soviet Union in order to repay the loan. The corn will be used to produce feed for breeding in farms..."

After a brief pause, Khrushchev looked at Shelepin and said:
"We also introduced the technology of our large-scale pig farms from Nanyang. In the past, our annual output of pigs was only a few thousand, but Nanyang's modern pig farms have an annual output of more than 50000 pigs. In addition, the breeding pigs provided by Nanyang have a shorter growth period. These are the results of our technical cooperation with Nanyang. Shelepin, what do you think a truck is compared to these?"

In fact, all of this is an excuse - to tell everyone that the Soviet Union is taking advantage of Southeast Asia and that such cooperation is beneficial to the Soviet Union.

In any case, Khrushchev had to make everyone understand this, otherwise, this would certainly become a weapon for some people to attack him. Although he had driven those who opposed him out of Moscow long ago, there were still some hardliners in the army who opposed the peaceful competition with the United States. Of course, they would also be very annoyed that Nanyang used Soviet trucks to transport missiles, so now Khrushchev needed to make those people understand that the Soviet Union did not suffer any loss.

"Yes, Ethiopia will provide us with 350 million tons of corn next year to repay the debt. According to the calculation of the State Planning Commission, our pork production will be further increased next year. By then, people will not even need to queue up to buy pork!"

Brezhnev added:

"All this is because of your foresight! Everyone will understand this!"

It has to be said that Brezhnev was very good at flattering people. A timely word earned him an admiring look from Khrushchev.

Khrushchev smiled:
"For our common cause, sometimes we have to work with those capitalists."

It's just a truck, no big deal. Even if they deploy missiles in Musandam in the Persian Gulf, it will only pose a threat to a few places such as Central Asia and the Caucasus.

However, despite this, protests had to be made. So, a few days later, the Soviet newspaper Pravda published an editorial accusing Nanyang of taking advantage of the Soviet Union's sincerity and converting the trucks exported by the Soviet Union to Nanyang for transporting timber into military weapons capable of launching missiles.

After this editorial was published, it basically...did not cause any waves. After all, as everyone knew, it was just a truck. The only response it caused was that Nanyang took the initiative to invite military attachés from various countries to show them Nanyang's new "mobile ballistic missile launcher."

Compared with the accusations from the Soviet Union, this T-chassis that integrates transport, erection and launch vehicles fully demonstrated its operational flexibility and battlefield survivability in front of military attachés from various countries. As soon as it was unveiled, it surprised military attachés and reporters from all over the world!
"…Through further improvements, not only has its service life been further increased, but the full capabilities of the chassis have also been fully utilized. The improvements have increased the load-bearing capacity to 22.2 tons without changing the size and deadweight."

In front of the military attachés of various countries, the representatives of the Nanyang military did not forget to promote this highly mobile heavy off-road vehicle named "Iron Horse" to them. Although it has a strong Soviet bloodline, after obtaining its drawings and technical data, its performance was further improved under the improvement of Foton Motor Company.

When it drove out of the muddy swamp, even the US military representatives couldn't help but give a thumbs up and loudly said "Wai Duan Gou De", and showed great interest. They even deliberately said it loudly and looked at the Soviet military attaché in Southeast Asia while praising it.

As for the Hungarian military attaché, he said to the Soviet military attaché beside him with a look of gloating:

"Alexander, I never thought you would have such a good heavy truck. It's really great. Look, the Americans are also very interested in it. It seems that the United States does not have such a mobile chassis!"

It's not just like that, but it doesn't exist at all. As for the so-called "Sergeant" tactical missile that can be deployed in a mobile manner, it is just carried by an ordinary truck. The missile weighs only a few tons and has a range of only more than 100 kilometers.

However, Nanyang's "Carpenter" missile launcher can carry medium-range missiles with a range of more than 2000 kilometers. Not to mention other people, even Americans are jealous!

Two-stage solid rockets, a range of more than 2000 kilometers, and the ability to be deployed flexibly, all of this combined made the Soviets jealous.

Especially when it has erected the missile launch tube, looking at this launch vehicle, Alexander did not feel a lot of pressure. After all, this kind of missile could not hit the Soviet Union. He was more jealous - when will the Soviet Union have such a missile!

Facing the ridicule from outsiders, Alexander just shrugged his shoulders and said:
"The Americans are only interested in trucks. The Soviet Union has many such trucks..."

What the Soviet Union was interested in were missiles!
Of course, neither Alexander nor the Soviets themselves could have imagined that it was precisely by relying on the technology introduced from the Soviet Union that Nanyang laid the technical foundation for heavy-duty multi-axle all-wheel drive vehicles. The multi-axle all-wheel drive vehicles based on MAZ-543 were also used by Nanyang and many Western countries as transportation and launch vehicles for various missiles and rocket launchers. Because of its excellent versatility and scalability, it was also used for various types of mobile command posts, target detection, communications, combat warning and other auxiliary vehicles. Its various improved versions eventually produced more than 5.5 vehicles.

This is also the only heavy-duty military off-road truck that is widely used in the East and West. It has conquered the entire world with its excellent performance.

Under the watchful eyes of the people, the missile launcher vehicle completed the entire operation process from preparing the missile to launching it.

When its hydraulic column firmly fixed the launch vehicle on the ground, the front end of the missile launch tube suddenly cracked, and then, in front of everyone's eyes, a missile flew out of the launch tube with a roar, and at the same time, thick smoke swept the ground...

(End of this chapter)